Legal Billing & Cost Control Specialist (U.S. Legal Focus)

World Business Lenders, LLC; Remote; TRY 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking a detail-oriented Legal Billing & Cost Control Specialist. This remote role requires 5–7 years of experience in legal billing and financial analysis. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and a proven track record in managing legal invoices, focused on reducing costs and ensuring billing accuracy. The position offers a fully remote work environment and contract terms.

Benefits

PTO Available

100% Work from home

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of progressive experience in legal billing, financial analysis, or cost control.
• Proven track record in reviewing legal invoices and managing billing backlogs.
• Experience in billing dispute resolution and budget tracking.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve large volumes of legal invoices from U.S. law firms.
• Identify billing discrepancies and develop standardized billing review protocols.
• Prepare analytics and performance reports on legal spend and savings.

Skills

Legal billing oversight

Cost analysis

Strong analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

About World Business Lenders (www.wbl.com)

World Business Lenders (WBL) provides general purpose short-term real estate collateralized commercial loans to a broad customer base comprised of small and medium sized businesses throughout the United States that lack access to traditional funding. WBL services its loan portfolio and loan portfolios for third parties, specializing in the management of non-performing loan pools and REO.

WBL is a U.S.-based company with a 100% remote workforce.

This is a remote Contract/Consultant position.

Working hours will be 9:00am-6:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

The job requires excellent oral and written command of the English language.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly detail-oriented Legal Billing & Cost Control Specialist with solid U.S. legal experience to join our Treasury and Asset Resolution team. This role will serve as the single subject matter expert in legal billing oversight, cost analysis, and spend optimization.

The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of U.S. legal billing structures and financial controls, combined with strong analytical and negotiation skills. This position will play a critical role in reducing external legal costs, improving billing accuracy, and implementing sustainable review and reporting processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and approve large volumes of legal invoices from U.S. law firms and vendors.
• Identify billing discrepancies, non-compliant charges, and inefficiencies in spend.
• Develop and implement standardized billing review protocols, reports, and dashboards.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Asset Resolution teams to align budgets, approvals, and payments.
• Support vendor management, rate negotiations, and billing dispute resolution.
• Prepare regular analytics and performance reports on legal spend and savings achieved.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of progressive experience in legal billing, financial analysis, or cost control, ideally within a U.S. law firm or corporate legal department (financial or lending industry preferred).
• Proven track record in reviewing and auditing legal invoices, managing billing backlogs, and driving measurable cost reductions.
• Experience in billing dispute resolution, budget tracking, and outside counsel management.
• Familiarity with asset resolution, foreclosure, or real estate legal matters is a plus.

Additional Information

• CONTRACT/CONSULTANCY POSITION
• PTO Available
• USD salary
• 100% Work from home